Burma Campaigns: Battles over Lines of Communication
Abstract
On 19 January 1942, two Japanese divisions invaded Burma and within five months defeated a numerically superior Allied Army. The Japanese conquest of Burma completely isolated China from lend-lease equipment support provided to it via the Burma Road. Over the course of the next three years, Allied forces engaged in ground campaigns designed to reestablish this land communications link with China. This is a description of the Allied campaigns in Burma and the importance that secure supply lines played in each of those campaigns. Information was gathered by historical review of a variety of reference materials. The lessons of Burma related to the campaigns launched there can be applied today in that country and in similar areas of operation around the world.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 15, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA237082
Entities
People
- Kurt M. Frey
Organizations
- United States Army War College